Cloud Engineering Manager

Toyota Connected is looking for a Cloud Engineering Manager to join our growing team! This person will be a pivotal leader to contribute to our growth strategy, as well as Toyota's overall mission of becoming a mobility company. As a part of a fast-growing tech company closely aligned with the world's largest automaker, this role builds the capability for our organization to scale and get to market faster.

• Design and develop software to create cutting edge solutions by writing maintainable, extensible, tested code, while complying with coding standards
• Align technical resourcing to product release plans and material plans; drive programs to completion on time and within budget
• Manage staffing, development, and performance management programs for engineering teams; motivating and developing project and team leaders
• Lead, develop, train, mentor and provide coaching and guidance to engineering staff
• Lead from the front in following best practices in development, microservices design and CI/CD methodologies
• Facilitate end to end user testing and collaboration with key customers
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems
• Proactively help bridge gaps between Toyota Connected and its partners
• Work closely with product owners to shape and deliver features to customers
• Maintain, support and build out infrastructure and services currently operating on AWS
• Deliver solutions in a complex environment including distributed systems and applications
• Lead a team in building world-class, multi-cloud capable, state-of-the-art products by:
• Automating build processes
• Incorporating static code quality tools
• Helping identify code promotion qualities
• Utilizing and promoting the use of advanced deployment patterns like Canary and Blue/Green
• Building CI/CD pipelines
• Building highly resilient cloud eco-systems capable of high availability and scale
• Deploying to public cloud providers like AWS
• Developing and maintaining applications that use Docker containers, Kubernetes as an orchestrator, or as full VMs with base images

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of production experience working as a Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer, and/or DevOps Engineer
• Experience managing, leading, and coaching engineering teams with positive results
• Experience leading and managing the architecture, development, and delivery of scalable and reliable software products or solutions
• Deep experience with public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Extensive understanding in CI/CD practices, containerization using Docker, and container orchestration in Kubernetes  
• Deep experience with infrastructure provisioning or infrastructure as code tools such Terraform, CloudFormation or similar
• Experience creating various types of automation using Bash, Shell, Python, Go or similar languages
• Experience leading a team in an Agile environment and promoting Agile development practices
• Experience leading large scale monitoring and observability efforts utilizing tools such as Datadog, AppDynamics, ELK, Grafana, Prometheus, or equivalent monitoring and logging solutions
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across various teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership
• We think the knowledge acquired earning an BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field would be of great value in this position, but if you're smart and have the experience that backs up your abilities, for us, talent trumps degree every time

What’s in it for you?

In addition to an excellent compensation and benefits package, you’ll also receive:

• A Career Path that allows you to take your career to the next level.
• Annual $2,500 Training Budget to help you grow and develop your professional skills.
• Unlimited time off and flexibility for a great work life balance. At TC you'll be treated like the professional we know you are and left to manage your own time and workload.
• Hybrid work schedule to allow for a blend of in office and remote work OR fully remote work option from CA, CO, GA, IL, MA, MI, MO, NY, PA, TN, TX, UT, or WA
• Home office stipend of $1,000 to help furnish an ergonomic remote office.
• Four months of paid parental leave. We want new moms and dads to have an opportunity to bond with their new little bundles of joy.
• Adoption Assistance of $5,000 for regular adoptions or $6,000 for special needs. We know adoption costs can add up, and we want to help.
• 401(k) with generous company match that is fully vested day one.
• Toyota and Lexus vehicle discounts to allow you to drive in style.
• Generous vehicle allowance for new and leased Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Scratch that vehicle payment off your monthly bills!
• Annual Patent-a-thons and Hackathons to embrace your superior creative thinking ability.
• Annual fitness reimbursement to help you balance your overall health without breaking the bank. We also have a Toyota Connected fit club that loves plank competitions!
• Free catered lunches when working onsite. We try to keep it healthy, but Fridays are “cheat” days, so you can get your carbs on!
• Two fully stocked Nespresso bars for your coffee and tea fixes.
• No dress code! Come as you are. We know the smart people we hire don’t need to be told what to wear.
• Free covered garage parking to shield your vehicle from those sneaky storms and to protect your buns from the Texas sun.

Who Are We?

Toyota Connected is a new company created to infuse the power of big data and cloud intelligence into all aspects of the mobility experience so that driving a Toyota or Lexus is more personal, intuitive and safe. We create and enable technologies that delight, simplify and connect the lives of those who use our products. We believe this mobility revolution will empower our customers to use their vehicles in an array of exciting new ways. We support, celebrate and thrive on the opportunity to provide Mobility for All.
Making a connected life a more human experience takes humans from all walks of life. Toyota Connected celebrates and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces you regardless of your race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, skin color, age, disability, military or veteran status, big shot relative, or Instagram fame. Different makes us awesome.